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In Article <geoffmD6n7wM.5xG@netcom.com>, geoffm@netcom.com (Geoff Miller)
wrote:
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}In article <1995Apr6.034920.26550@gallant.apple.com> orc@pell.com (Orc)
}writes:
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}> Now, and this is the tricky part -- why would someone put a 
}> recordable media like, say, a tape into a tape drive?     ^
}             ^^^^^
}
}You wouldn't by any chance happen to mean "a recordable *medium,*"
}would you?  "Media," you see, is plural; the singular form (that's
}just one, for those of you from Rio Linda) is "medium."  Alternatively,
}you could've circumvented the whole problem by writing "a *piece* of
}recordable media."  But instead, you stepped on your shlong.  Publicly, 
}and with golf shoes.  Gee, I bet you feel about an inch tall now, huh?
}
}Why are the singular forms of words derived from the Greek, such
}as "medium," "criterion," "phenomenon," and "sodomy," so difficult
}for otherwise literate people to grasp?  
}
}Okay, over to the aggressively illiterate with their obligatory 
}accusations of pedantry...

FYI, MR. Miller rarely, if ever, has anything worthwhile to contribute to
discussions; he hangs around alt.peeves, and takes pot shots at anyone who
happens to drop by.

He probably thinks that he's being britty and williant [sic], but as we cal
all see, he's just a waster of time and bandwidth.

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